[Spridgets] Where were you when the LBC bug got you?
Bill L
pythias at pacifier.com
Thu Oct 27 18:07:26 MDT 2011
Part One.
When I was 5 years old, I used to get picked up in a BE and taken to
Kindergarten. I didn't realize it until a couple of years ago when I
looked into the door openers of one and it was a kind of Deja Vu......
Part Two..
A friend of my older brothers had this car in his garage that he
was going to fix up and get running some day. I don't know if he
ever did.. (It turned out to be a Jag XK 140), but it looked
great standing still and like nothing else I'd seen
Part Three...
Another friend of my brothers had a running MGTF that he would
take me for rides in when I was in Junior High. What a car, and
still my favorite "T" series is the F.
Part Four....
This friends younger brother picked up a clapped out TR3. We
drove the cr$) out of it for a weekend until we blew it up. Never
had to slow down for a corner, until the tranny all but locked up
on us.
Part Five.....
Back home from college another friend had a Spitfire. It was
actually his wifes. Every month is was fix something, Brakes,
Diffy, U-joints... he considered it like a once a month car
payment. We would bundle up on clear days with the temp in the
30s, smoke some grass, turn up the tunes and drive......
Part Six......
Stared going to the ABFM in Portland. WOW, now completely smitten
I started looking for BE's in the paper. When I mentioned that I
was looking at them one of the guys at work said "Why don't you
buy my Sprite. My wife says five cars is too many and I have to
get rid of one. The Sprite is 95% restored. I'll take between $2k
and $3k. We settled at $2500. The speedo bounced, the tach was
out, both headlights worked for the first week, then only one, no
wiper motor, no heater fan, no working ANY other lights except
under the dash. The engine smoked on acceleration, the master
cylinder leaked and had to be filled regularly and it was the
most fun to drive thing I've ever had. And still have, almost 15
years later. It's now rattle and squeak free, and the only thing
that doesn't work is the gas gauge.
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Best regards,
Bill L. mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
'66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403 "the red thing"
When there's a will, I want to be in it
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